Robert Schad

MERLAK

2004, Corten Solid Steel, 60 mm, 330 x 120 x 105 cm, Unique Piece

Gebok

2004, Solid Steel 45 mm, 48 x 37 x 30 cm, Unique Piece

20201105_102410 — Gebok,
2004, Solid Steel 45 mm, 48 x 37 x 30 cm, Unique Piece

PESAUNI

2012, Solid Steel, 45 mm, 35,5 x 66 x 35 cm, Unique Piece

Schopfloch

1999, Square Steel 10 mm, 65 x 3 x 3 cm, Maquette

20201105_102457 — Schopfloch,
1999, Square Steel 10 mm, 65 x 3 x 3 cm, Maquette

Hammon

2014, Corten Steel oxidised 60 mm, 91.5 x 57 x 37 cm, Unique Piece

20200702_105718 — Hammon,
2014, Corten Steel oxidised 60 mm, 91.5 x 57 x 37 cm, Unique Piece

Gülgem

2003, square steel 45 mm, approx. 19 x 54 x 14 cm, ed. 9

Biography

Born 1953 in Ravensburg
1974-80 Studied art at the State Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe
1980-81 DAAD scholarship at the Escola Superior de Belas Artes, Porto/Portugal
1988 Scholarship from the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
1989/90 Wilhelm Lehmbruck Scholarship of the City of Duisburg; Visiting Professor for Sculpture at the State Academy of Fine Arts, Stuttgart
2002 First solo exhibition at the Galerie Georg Nothelfer
2007 Working residency at "La Vie des Formes" - Mark di Suvero Foundation, Chalon sur Saône
2018/19 "DEUX VILLES - TWO CITIES" sculpture project in Metz and Saarlouis/France
Lives and works in Larians/France and in Chamosinhos/Portugal

The sculptor Robert Schad creates drawings in space from solid square steel. Lines are not created by bending and twisting, but by the addition of straight parts of different lengths that are welded together. The welds are sanded, thus appearing organic, joint-like. The graphic movement unfolds plastically in space in wide sweeps and arches. The heaviness of the solid steel is lifted. A progressive form with human proportions emerges to develop dance-like in space. His sculptures can be found in over 50 cities in Germany and abroad, for example in front of the Federal Ministry of Finance in Berlin.

Exhibitions

Publications

Der Linie lang/Through the Line, 2009, Edited by Gerline Brandenburger-Eisele, Hana Jirmusová, Clemens Ottnad, Bettina Ruhrberg, Roland Scotti, German/English, 160 pages, Numerous illustrations, Hardcover, EUR 28

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Ausstellungskatalog/Exhibition Catalogue, 2001, On the occasion of the exhibition at the Museum für Neue Kunst Freiburg 2001/2002 and at the Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst 2002/2003. Ed. Museum für Neue Kunst Freiburg, texts by Jochen Ludwig, Isabel Herda, Johannes Odenthal, German/English/French/Spanish, 96 pages, numerous illustrations, hard cover, ISBN 3-922675-79-4, EUR 19

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